Top Baby Names of 1921
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
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Mary 73,984 2
Dorothy 39,087 3
Helen 34,822 4
Margaret 28,468 5
Ruth 25,783 6
Virginia 19,032 7
Mildred 17,880 8
Betty 17,638 9
Frances 15,993 10
Elizabeth 15,800 11
Anna 14,476 12
Evelyn 14,278 13
Doris 13,152 14
Marie 12,501 15
Alice 11,955 16
Marjorie 11,209 17
Florence 10,720 18
Irene 10,624 19
Lillian 9,770 20
Rose 9,352 21
Martha 9,264 22
Louise 9,180 23
Catherine 8,887 24
Gladys 8,814 25
Jean 8,592 26
Ruby 8,333 27
Edna 8,302 28
Josephine 8,135 29
Eleanor 8,054 30
Thelma 7,839 31
Lucille 7,698 32
Ethel 7,603 33
Edith 7,589 34
Hazel 7,341 35
Grace 7,230 36
Annie 7,209 37
Pauline 7,142 38
Lois 6,899 39
Bernice 6,190 40
Barbara 6,013 41
Beatrice 5,968 42
Esther 5,926 43
Marion 5,814 44
Shirley 5,695 45
Clara 5,606 46
Gertrude 5,349 47
Jane 5,188 48
Rita 5,157 49
Katherine 5,156 50
June 5,155 👦
Boy Names
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John 58,215 2
Robert 52,779 3
William 51,862 4
James 49,750 5
Charles 29,242 6
George 27,476 7
Joseph 26,182 8
Edward 20,817 9
Frank 16,705 10
Richard 16,376 11
Thomas 15,308 12
Harold 13,811 13
Donald 13,776 14
Paul 13,169 15
Walter 13,004 16
Raymond 12,645 17
Henry 11,411 18
Jack 10,757 19
Arthur 10,527 20
Albert 10,158 21
Harry 9,731 22
Kenneth 8,959 23
Ralph 8,860 24
Warren 7,798 25
David 7,765 26
Eugene 7,717 27
Howard 7,713 28
Clarence 7,332 29
Louis 7,247 30
Carl 7,077 31
Earl 6,754 32
Roy 6,545 33
Fred 6,496 34
Willie 6,491 35
Francis 6,293 36
Joe 6,204 37
Lawrence 5,977 38
Ernest 5,697 39
Leonard 5,650 40
Anthony 5,239 41
Stanley 5,231 42
Herbert 5,217 43
Alfred 4,925 44
Samuel 4,754 45
Bernard 4,485 46
Norman 4,479 47
Michael 4,198 48
Elmer 4,146 49
Daniel 4,087 50
Leo 4,066 About 1921 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1921, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 145 years and regional data across all 50 states.